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Definition of "xoanon" []

  • An ancient wooden statue. (noun)

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Use "xoanon" in a sentence
  • "The image borne in procession was clearly the xoanon which was brought by Pegasus from"
  • "Pausanias tells us [151] that the xoanon brought from Eleutherae was in one of the two temples in the theatre-precinct, while the other contained the chryselephantine statue of Alcamenes."
  • "Pausanias 'use of the plural in τεταγμέναις ημέραις is excellent authority that the temple of the xoanon was opened at least on more than one day of every year."